Another Nice and Accurate Call for Papers #CFP #GoodOmens

Last updated on: August 15, 2019 at 9:06 pm By James F. McGrath

Another call for papers about Good Omens came to my attention: Editors: Erin M. Giannini and Amanda Taylor Written as a collaboration between Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens(1990) had an active and long-term fanbase before the debut of the Amazon Prime miniseries. Its adaptation, brought to fruition by Gaiman as a promise to Pratchett before Pratchett’s 2015 death, however, has not only brought new fans into the fold, but increased the visibility of the original text. This collection seeks... Read more

Call for Abstracts: Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy

Last updated on: August 2, 2019 at 3:37 am By James F. McGrath

From the Popular Culture and Philosophy blog: Call for Abstracts: Neon Genesis Evangelion and Philosophy Edited by Christian Cotton and Andrew M. Winters When most people think of anime, they think of large eyed adolescents fighting fearsome monsters. While this is partly the case for Neon Genesis Evangelion, this is only a surface understanding of the show. Beyond the fearsome monsters and bio-machine Evangelions, the show explores the depths of the psyches of the adolescents when they become the very... Read more

The Bible and Music in Children’s Songs

Last updated on: August 8, 2019 at 8:20 am By James F. McGrath

Another topic that I cover in my class on the Bible and Music is the use of the Bible in children’s songs. I also had a student make excellent use of a children’s retelling of the biblical account of David and Goliath in crafting a song on the subject. It hadn’t struck me until they did so that this could be a useful technique in the process of trying to create a song about a biblical text. If one isn’t... Read more

Popular Cultural Association: Education, Teaching, History & Popular Culture #CFP

Last updated on: July 18, 2019 at 6:40 am By James F. McGrath

Popular Cultural Association: Education, Teaching, History & Popular Culture Call for Papers The Area of Education, Teaching, History and Popular Culture is now accepting submissions for the 2020 Popular Culture Association National Conference to be held April 15 – 18 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phldt-philadelphia-marriott-downtown/). For detailed information please see https://pcaaca.org/conference. Educators, librarians, archivists, scholars, independent researchers and graduate students are encouraged to apply. Undergraduates are reminded that there is an entire area devoted to undergraduate presentations in which they... Read more

Dogs with Crumbs of Faith: What Jesus Learned from a Syro-Phoenician Woman

Last updated on: August 12, 2019 at 7:13 am By James F. McGrath

When it comes to the subject of Jesus learning from women, the Syro-Phoenician or Canaanite woman who appears in the Gospels is the one example that most people (although by no means all) would point to as an example. The story certainly seems to many readers to involve Jesus having an encounter with a woman in which he learns something from her that changes his perspective. Many are uncomfortable with this notion, to be sure, whether because they don’t think... Read more

Alexa, I Want to Talk to Caesar

Last updated on: August 8, 2019 at 6:46 pm By James F. McGrath

Mary Harrsch has programmed Alexa to be able to speak to students as though they are talking to Caesar: I received word from Amazon that the newest version of my FREE educational Alexa skill, “Caesar’s Ancient World” has been certified. This latest version of the skill includes 280 images of ancient art from almost 100 institutions worldwide for those of you with Alexa-enabled devices with displays like the Echo Show, Echo Spot and FireTV. Of course the voice-only version remains available... Read more

Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in Late Antiquity First Book Workshop

Last updated on: August 8, 2019 at 6:41 pm By James F. McGrath

ReMeDHe First Book Workshop May 2020, Chicago, IL (directly prior to the North American Patristics Society annual meeting) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: September 6, 2019 The international working-group ReMeDHe (Religion, Medicine, Disability, and Health in late antiquity) invites applications for its 2020 First Book Workshop. The workshop gives two early- career scholars the opportunity to receive feedback on their dissertation (or draft of their first book), as well as tips on publication, from senior and junior colleagues who work on similar... Read more

Underrepresented Perspectives on Forgiveness #CFP

Last updated on: August 8, 2019 at 6:34 pm By James F. McGrath

Vernon Press: The Philosophy of Forgiveness Series Underrepresented Perspectives on Forgiveness Edited by: Court D. Lewis Call for Book Chapter Proposals Vernon Press invites book chapter proposals to be included in a forthcoming scholarly volume on underrepresented perspectives on forgiveness, including those that appear in books, art, and other forms of visual (and/or popular) media. All philosophically-based schools of thought are encouraged to submit. Other disciplines are encouraged to submit, as long as the chapter contains a clear philosophical... Read more

Call for Abstracts: His Dark Materials and Philosophy #CFP

Last updated on: July 16, 2019 at 4:09 pm By James F. McGrath

On the Popular Culture and Philosophy blog: Call for Abstracts: His Dark Materials and Philosophy Richard Greene & Rachel Robison-Greene, Editors Abstracts are sought for a collection of philosophical essays related to the Philip Pullman trilogy and soon-to-be HBO series His Dark Materials (The Golden Compass/Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass). This volume will be published by Open Court Publishing (the publisher of The Simpsons and Philosophy, The Matrix and Philosophy, Dexter and Philosophy, The Walking Dead and Philosophy, The Handmaid’s Tale... Read more

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

Last updated on: July 17, 2019 at 8:47 am By James F. McGrath

Time to get back to (and hopefully wrap up) blogging through the classic series of Doctor Who. For those who’ve been following along, I still have a few Tom Baker episodes left to cover. And so let’s resume with “The Creature from the Pit.” This episode can be challenging to watch simply because of the fact that the voice actor who provides the voice of K-9 is different than in previous episodes, and it takes some serious getting used to.... Read more